Vodacom South Africa Turns to Syniverse for Optimized Roaming

Strengthening its presence in the African mobile market, Syniverse
Technologies (NYSE:SVR) today announced that Vodacom South Africa
has selected Syniverse to enhance the operator’s mobile roaming
operations. In a takeaway from one of Syniverse’s competitors in the
region, Vodacom South Africa becomes one of more than 45 African
operators to rely on Syniverse for a myriad of mobile solutions that
range from signaling to messaging to roaming.

Syniverse, a leading provider of roaming and messaging services to the
global telecommunications industry, will provide Vodacom with
comprehensive data clearing and fraud prevention services.

“Roaming is a key growth opportunity for operators in Africa, and we are
committed to ensuring Vodacom can maximize potential revenue by offering
the highest quality of service for its subscribers,” said Eugene
Bergen Henegouwen, Executive Vice President, EMEA, Syniverse. “We
understand the unique issues that impact African mobile operators, and
provide proven solutions based on more than two decades of leadership in
mobile roaming.”

Vodacom South Africa will leverage Syniverse’s Data
Clearing House for GSM (DCH) to efficiently manage its data clearing
operations. The Syniverse DCH will allow the operator to minimize the
resources required to handle roaming accounting, while ensuring the
rapid exchange of data records that drive accurate invoicing and
settlement, and increase revenue assurance.

The award-winning Syniverse
DataNet solution will not only provide Vodacom with protection
against roaming fraud, but it also will ensure full compliance with all
current industry standards for roaming fraud, including the GSM
Association’s Near Real Time Roaming Data Exchange (NRTRDE).

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Minnie Maharaj, Managing Executive of Wholesale Services, Vodacom South
Africa, said Vodacom is dedicated to delivering the best possible user
experience to both its subscribers as well as to visitors roaming on its
network.

“We selected Syniverse because it clearly understands the challenges we
face as a business, and it also demonstrates a successful track record
of delivering proven technology and expertise to African operators,”
Maharaj said. “We are fortunate to be in one of the most dynamic,
fast-growing markets in the world, and Syniverse has helped ensure we
have the tools we need to grow our business and keep up with increasing
demand.”

About Syniverse

Syniverse Technologies (NYSE:SVR) provides mobile technology for the
global telecommunications industry, making it possible for disparate
data, messaging and voice technologies to interoperate anywhere, any
time. Serving more than 800 communications companies in over 160
countries, Syniverse offers market-leading solutions that simplify the
complexities of roaming, messaging, network interoperability and
business intelligence for mobile operators, MSOs, enterprise verticals
and emerging mobile providers. For more information, visit www.syniverse.com.

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